May 13, 2024 2:32 am
There will be a new WPIAL 5A softball champion. Latrobe made sure of that, knocking off defending champion Trinity, 5-1, Monday afternoon. The Hillers were held to just three hits, all singles. Maddie Balko stroked a two-run home run in the fourth and the Wildcats never trailed. First round tournament play continues on Tuesday with 17 teams from Washington & Greene Counties in action. Our coverage plans for the opening rounds have been severely limited because the WPIAL scheduled the 1A-2A-3A baseball and softball games all on the same day (Tuesday). The WJPA Sports Network will have live coverage of as many games as possible. WPIAL Softball Bracket Link WPIAL Baseball Bracket Link
Bentworth (2A SB), Chartiers-Houston (1A SB), Carmichaels (1A SB) and Fort Cherry (1A BB) all have first-round byes.
Monday–Softball
5A #11 Latrobe 5, #6 Trinity 1
Tuesday–Softball
1 pm 1A #5 West Greene vs. #12 Leechburg at Peterswood Park Field #2
2 pm 1A #8 Jeff-Morgan vs. #9 Carlynton at Peterswood Park Field #1
2:45 pm 2A #6 Charleroi vs. #11 Greensburg Central Catholic at Norwin
3 pm 2A #13 Beth-Center vs. #4 Serra Catholic at Peterswood Park Field #2
4:45 pm 3A #8 McGuffey vs. #9 Yough at Norwin, WJPA-AM (1450) Listen Here
5 pm 3A #13 Waynesburg vs. #4 Mohawk at Montour
6 pm 2A #10 Burgettstown vs. #7 Shenango at Mars Area
Tuesday–Baseball
2:00 pm 1A #6 Avella vs. #11 Springdale at Boyce-Mayview Park
2:00 pm 1A #8 Carmichaels vs. #9 Carlynton at Peterswood Park
2:00 pm 2A #12 Wash High vs. #5 Greensburg Cent. Catholic at Gateway
2:00 pm 2A #6 Chartiers-Houston vs. #11 Freedom at Burkett Complex
4:30 pm 2A #9 Charleroi vs. #8 Laurel at Burkett Complex
4:30 pm 1A #7 West Greene vs. #10 Leechburg at Peterswood Park
4:30 pm 3A #13 McGuffey vs. #4 South Allegheny at Boyce-Mayview
7:00 pm 3A #6 Waynesburg vs. #11 Neshannock at Boyce-Mayview
7:00 pm 2A #4 Burgettstown vs. #13 Jeannette at Burkett Complex
7:00 pm 2A #10 Beth-Center vs. #7 Riverveiw at Gateway
May 14, 2024 4:36 am
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Bryan Reynolds went 5 for 5 with a homer and two doubles, Mitch Keller threw six shutout innings and the Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Milwaukee Brewers 8-6. Jack Suwinski and Yasmani Grandal hit two-run homers for the Pirates. Milwaukee’s Jake Bauers delivered his first career grand slam. The Brewers nearly came all the way back after trailing 7-2 in the eighth inning. Milwaukee’s Rhys Hoskins left the game after getting injured while running to first base on a second-inning single.
May 14, 2024 4:42 am
NEW YORK (AP) — The Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs will open the regular season at home against the Baltimore Ravens on Sept. 5 in a rematch of the AFC title game. The NFL will release the entire 2024 season schedule on Wednesday night on the NFL Network. The Chiefs beat the Ravens 17-10 in the AFC championship game in January and went on to defeat the San Francisco 49ers 25-22 in overtime in the Super Bowl. The Ravens-Chiefs opener at Arrowhead Stadium will be a Thursday night game on NBC. Kansas City will be going for a third straight Super Bowl title and fourth in six years this season.
May 13, 2024 4:37 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Cody Bellinger hit a go-ahead single before Patrick Wisdom added insurance with a home run in the 10th inning, lifting the Chicago Cubs to a 5-4 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates for a series victory. Bellinger led off that inning Sunday by dribbling a ball through the left side of the infield off Aroldis Chapman, scoring automatic runner Seiya Suzuki before getting caught in a rundown between first and second. Wisdom drove a two-out sinker, the seventh pitch of the at-bat, 412 feet into the center-field bushes.
May 11, 2024 2:00 am
The WPIAL Softball brackets were released Thursday afternoon, including eight Washington County teams, four more from Greene County. Bentworth (2A #2), Carmichaels (1A #2) and Chartiers-Houston (1A #3) were the highest-seeded teams from the two-county area. Each received first-round byes to Thursday’s quarterfinals. Trinity (5A #6), Charleroi (2A #6) and West Greene (1A #5) are also seeded in the top six but will play opening round games Monday and Tuesday. The WJPA Sports Network will have live coverage of as many games as possible. WPIAL Softball Bracket Link
Monday
4:45 pm 5A #6 Trinity vs. #11 Latrobe at Montour, WJPA-AM (1450) Watch/Listen Here
Tuesday
1 pm 1A #5 West Greene vs. #12 Leechburg at Peterswood Park Field #2
2 pm 1A #8 Jeff-Morgan vs. #9 Carlynton at Peterswood Park Field #1
2:45 pm 2A #6 Charleroi vs. #11 Greensburg Central Catholic at Norwin, WJPA-AM (1450) Listen Here
3 pm 2A #13 Beth-Center vs. #4 Serra Catholic at Peterswood Park Field #2
4:45 pm 3A #8 McGuffey vs. #9 Yough at Norwin, WJPA-AM (1450) Listen Here
5 pm 3A #13 Waynesburg vs. #4 Mohawk at Montour
6 pm 2A #10 Burgettstown vs. #7 Shenango at Mars Area
Wednesday
4:00 pm 6A #6 Canon-McMillan vs. #3 North Allegheny at Boyce-Mayview Park
May 11, 2024 2:00 am
The WPIAL Baseball brackets are set, including 10 Washington County teams along with three more from Greene County. Fort Cherry (1A #3) and Burgettstown (2A #4) are the highest-seeded teams out of the two-county area. Fort Cherry received a first-round bye to the quarterfinals. Tuesday’s schedule overlays an already full softball schedule. The WJPA Sports Network will have live coverage of as many games as possible. WPIAL Baseball Bracket Link
Tuesday
2:00 pm 1A #6 Avella vs. #11 Springdale at Boyce-Mayview Park
2:00 pm 1A #8 Carmichaels vs. #9 Carlynton at Peterswood Park
2:00 pm 2A #12 Wash High vs. #5 Greensburg Cent. Catholic at Gateway
2:00 pm 2A #6 Chartiers-Houston vs. #11 Freedom at Burkett Complex
4:30 pm 2A #9 Charleroi vs. #8 Laurel at Burkett Complex
4:30 pm 1A #7 West Greene vs. #10 Leechburg at Peterswood Park
4:30 pm 3A #13 McGuffey vs. #4 South Allegheny at Boyce-Mayview
7:00 pm 3A #6 Waynesburg vs. #11 Neshannock at Boyce-Mayview
7:00 pm 2A #4 Burgettstown vs. #13 Jeannette at Burkett Complex
7:00 pm 2A #10 Beth-Center vs. #7 Riverveiw at Gateway
Wednesday
2:00 pm 4A #15 Ringgold vs. #2 Thomas Jefferson at Boyce-Mayview
7:00 pm 5A #12 Trinity vs. #5 Plum at Gateway
May 12, 2024 8:45 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Paul Skenes struck out seven over four-plus innings in his major league debut and Yasmani Grandal hit a go-ahead three-run homer as the Pittsburgh Pirates edged the Chicago Cubs 10-9. Skenes, the top overall pick in the 2023 draft, showed flashes of why he is considered perhaps the best pitching prospect in a generation. The 21-year-old reached 100 mph on 17 of his 84 pitches. Pittsburgh hit five home runs in all. Miles Mastrobuoni had three hits for the Cubs. (Photo: AP)
May 12, 2024 7:00 am
Jacob LaDuca stroked a two-run home run in the bottom of the seventh inning, leading top-seeded Washington & Jefferson to a 4-2 win over Grove City in the championship game of the Presidents’ Athletic Conference baseball tournament. LaDuca’s blast broke a 2-all tie and delivered W&J’s 16th PAC championship, the 12th under head coach Jeff Mountain. Grove City scored single runs in the third and fifth to take a 2-0 lead. W&J tied the game in the bottom of the fifth, with an RBI single by Ben Schuler and a LaDuca run-scoring ground out. Nate Nolan tossed four shutout innings to get the win, holding Grove City to two hits and two walks in relief of freshman starter Bobby Budacki. W&J has now won five straight conference titles and 16th consecutive PAC tournament games. W&J also clinches the League’s automatic bid to the NCAA Division III tournament. The 60-team field will be announced Monday at noon online. (photo courtesy of PAC)
May 10, 2024 2:26 am
PAC Baseball Championship Central W&J is back in the Presidents’ Athletic Conference championship game following Friday’s action. W&J has reached the finals every year since 2012. In the winners’ bracket final, the Presidents scored twice in each of the first two innings, then plated 4-spots in the 4th & 6th to cruise past #2 Grove City, 12-5. Drew Garth drove in four runs, Zach Stern added three more, helping Ethan Marszalek to the win on the mound. W&J banged out 17 hits against the Wolverines. W&J moves to the championship round, needing just one win to claim a fifth straight PAC championship.
In the opening game of the day, Westminster eliminated #4 Allegheny, scoring three times in the bottom of the eighth, capped by Josh Reed’s two-out, two-run single. One batter earlier, Carter Chinn walked with the bases loaded to pull the Titans within a run. The Gators had taken a 4-2 lead in the top of the inning on Ryan Dougherty’s two-run home run. After losing to W&J, Grove City broke a 3-3 tie with five runs in the eighth to eliminate Westminster, earning a berth in the finals.
Friday
Westminster 5, Allegheny 4–Allegheny eliminated.
W&J 12, Grove City 5–W&J advances to Championship Round
Grove City 8, Westminster 4
Saturday
2:00 pm W&J vs. Grove City
Approx. 4 pm: If Necessary Game (If Grove City wins 1 pm game)
May 11, 2024 4:45 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Cody Bellinger had four hits, including his seventh home run of the season, and the Chicago Cubs surged past the Pittsburgh Pirates 7-2. Bellinger turned on a 100 mph fastball from Jared Jones (2-4) in the first inning and sent it into the right-field seats for the Cubs. Bellinger later added two doubles and an RBI single and is hitting .538 (7 for 13) since returning from the injured list. Nick Gonzales had a two-run single for the Pirates. Pittsburgh has lost three straight and 17 of 23.
